Frame building.



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1 NEIL T. MCCLEER AND LAWRENCE N. MCOLEER, OF GREGORY, MICHIGAN.

FRAME BUILDING.

SIEGlFIGATIUN forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,247, dated August 27, 1901. Application filed May 8,1901. Serial No. 59,215. (No model.)

. T at whom it may concern..-

"upon the foundation-posts A.

D D are the main upright posts of the end Be it known that we, NEIL T. MCCLEER and LAWRENCE N. MOCLEER, citizens of the United States, residing at Gregory, in the county of Livingston and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frame Buildings; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to frame buildings; and it consists in thenovel construction of the gable end and intermediate frames, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of one of the gable-end frames. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view taken on the line m x in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the line 3 y in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a front View of one of the intermediate frames.

This invention relates more particularly to barns which are built of sawed boards. p

A represents the foundation-posts, which are formed of. any desired number of sawed boards laid side by side and spiked together.

B is a portion of a foundation-wall.

The foundation posts have horizontal beams 1) between them and diagonal braces Z). O is the end'beam of the floor, which rests frame of the building, D being the corner- 1 posts and D the intermediate posts.

posts are built of boards similar to the foun- These dation-posts. The posts D and D have horizontal beams of between them and diagonal braces 61.

E E are the roof-rafters,which are arranged at an angle to each other, so as to form ahip.

The lower ends of the rafters E are secured to the corner-posts D. J oint-plates e are spiked to the rafters E E at their hip or junction,

so as to hold them at the prearranged angle. The rafters E are secured together at one end the roof, and F represents upright posts secured to the middle parts of the rafters E and arranged over the intermediate main posts D.

Horizontal beams fare secured between the rafters and the postsF, and f represents diagonal braces between the posts F.

G is a spring-beam at the caves of the roof. This beam rests on the posts D and D, and it consists of main boards spiked together and provided with a strut g at their middle parts. This strut projects horizontally inside the building. Bridge-boards g are secured to the main boards of the beam G and to the projecting end portion of the strut g. The strut g connects the meeting end portions of the bridge-boards g". The bridgeboards are arranged at an angle to each other, and they project inside the building. They operate to stifien the gable end of the barn and prevent it from springing and bulging. Brackets s are secured to the end frame and support the middle parts of the bridge-boards of the spring-beam.

The intermediate frames of the barn, as shown in Fig. 4, have roof-rafters E and E, connected by joint-plates e at their hips, the same as the end frames.

I represents the longitudinal floor-beams, and 1 represents the cross-beams of the floor.

J represents the outer main upright posts of the intermediate frame, and J represents the intermediate upright posts. Diagonal braces j are arranged between the bottom ends of the posts J and the upper ends of the posts J Diagonal braces j are also arranged between the bottom ends of the posts J and the middle parts of the roof-rafters E. Diagonal braces are also arranged between the upper end portions of the posts J and the joint-plates e at the hips of the roof. All these posts and rafters are built up of sawed boards laid side by side and spiked together. Horizontal beams on connect the upper parts of the posts J and J, and m represents diagonal braces between the beams m and the roof-rafters E. This construction of the intermediate frame leaves a clear space down the center of the barn under the apex of its roof.

We do not confine ourselves to the use of the spring-beam in the end frames of the barn, as We employ similar spring-beams at the front and back of the barn at the eaves to prevent the front and back from bulgingoutward, the same as the ends.

What we claim is- I 1. The combination, with foundation-posts A, and upright posts D, D and F, all formed of sawed boards, the lower posts being formed of more boards than those above them; of floor-beams O at the tops of the posts A, di-

agonal braces between all the said posts,

roof-rafters supported by the said posts, and

horizontal intermediate beams between all the said posts and the roof-rafters, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the upright posts J J of an intermediate frame; of roof-rafters E E arranged at an angle to each other, di-

agonal braces j between the bottom ends of the posts J and the top ends of the outer posts J, diagonal braces 70 between the tops of the posts J and the hip-angles of the said rafters, diagonal braces j between the bottom ends of the outer posts J and the middle parts of the upper roof-rafters E, and horizontal beams between the upper parts of the posts J and J, leaving a clear space under 

